User manual ASUS P2B

[. . . ] R P2B Pentium® II Motherboard USER'S MANUAL USER'S NOTICE No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OR DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE), EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT. Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (1) the product is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS; or (2) the serial number of the product is defaced or missing. [. . . ] BIOS Standard CMOS The preceding screen provides you with a list of options. The help menu will then appear to provide you with the information you need. The memory display at the lower right-hand side of the screen is read-only and automatically adjusts accordingly. Details of Standard CMOS Setup: Date To set the date, highlight the "Date" field and then press either <Page Up>/<Page Down> or <+>/<­> to set the current date. Valid values for month, day and year are: Month: (1 to 12), Day: (1 to 31), Year: (up to 2079) 38 ASUS P2B User's Manual IV. BIOS SETUP Time To set the time, highlight the "Time" field and then press either <Page Up>/<Page Down> or <+>/<­> to set the current time. Valid values for hour, minute and second are: (Hour: (00 to 23), Minute: (00 to 59), Second: (00 to 59). NOTE: You can bypass the date and time prompts by creating an AUTOEXEC. BAT file. For information on how to create this file, please refer to the MS-DOS manual. Hard Disks This field records the specifications for all non-SCSI hard disk drives installed in your system. The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Secondary channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE devices. Each channel can support up to two hard disks; the first of which is the "master" and the second is the "slave". Specifications for SCSI hard disks need not to be entered here since they operate using device drivers and are not supported by the motherboard BIOS software. If the motherboard has SCSI onboard, see the SCSI section for information on configuring SCSI devices. If you are using SCSI controller cards, refer to their respective documentations on how to configure and setup SCSI devices. For IDE hard disk drive setup, you can: · Use the Auto setting for detection during bootup. · Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to automatically enter the drive specifications. · Enter the specifications yourself manually by using the "User" option. The entries for specifying the hard disk type include CYLS (number of cylinders), HEAD (number of read/write heads), PRECOMP (write precompensation), LANDZ (landing zone), SECTOR (number of sectors) and MODE. The SIZE field automatically adjusts according to the configuration you specify. The documentation that comes with your hard disk should provide you with the information regarding the drive specifications. The MODE entry is for IDE hard disks only, and can be ignored for MFM and ESDI drives. This entry provides three options: Normal, Large, LBA, or Auto (see below). Set MODE to the Normal for IDE hard disk drives smaller than 528MB; set it to LBA for drives over 528MB that support Logical Block Addressing (LBA) to allow larger IDE hard disks; set it to Large for drives over 528MB that do not support LBA. [. . . ] For this reason, DOS constitutes the basic interface between you and your computer. Hardware Hardware is a general term referring to the physical components of a computer system, including peripherals such as printers, modems, and pointing devices. IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) IDE devices integrate the drive control circuitry directly on the drive itself, eliminating the need for a separate adapter card (in the case for SCSI devices). LPT Port (Line Printer Port) Logical device name reserved by DOS for the computer parallel ports. [. . . ]